merthyr tydfil and rhymney Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE59,160 voters
AREA62 sq. miles


Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Gerald Jones of the Labour party.

The Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency has a total population of 75,234, of which 59,160 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.6%).

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney ranks 264th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 553th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Gerald Jones

Gerald Jones

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MP DETAILS
AddressGerald Jones MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email AddressGeraldJonesLabour@gmail.com
ConstituencyMerthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
GenderMale
Date of Birth
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
10.1%
53.9%
4.1%
1.8 %
18.7%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Merthyr Tydfil And Rhymney constituency in 2015 was 53.00%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Bill ReesConservativeMale--http://www.billrees.org.uk/
Bob GriffinLiberal DemocratMale---
David RowlandsUK Independence PartyMale---
Eddy BlancheIndependentMale11 March 1969 (55)-http://eddy-blanche-independent.weebly.com/
Elspeth ParrisGreenFemale---
Gerald JonesLabourMale---
Rhayna PritchardPlaid CymruFemale---
Robert David GriffithsCommunist Party of BritainMale21 April 1952 (72)--

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
7.52%
43.67%
31.02%
%
5.05%
%
3.66%
2.72%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
TOTALS
Turnout58.6%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeHill, Maria
LabourHavard, Dai
Liberal DemocratKitcher, Amy
BNPBarnes, Richard
UKIPBrown, Adam
Plaid CymruJones, Glyndwr Cennydd
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Merthyr Tydfil And Rhymney constituency in 2010 was 58.6%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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